Dried Fruit Dream Bars Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup dried fruit, chopped (apricots, figs, prunes, raisins or peaches)
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/3 cups flour
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup nutmeats (optional)
Powdered sugar
Directions
Cut butter into sugar and 1 cup of the flour until mixture is crumbly.
Press firmly into bottom of greased 8 or 9-inch square pan.
Bake in a 350° oven for 20 minutes, until lightly browned.
Beat eggs thoroughly with vanilla; gradually beat in brown sugar.
Sift remaining 1/3 cup flour with baking powder and salt; add fruit and nuts, and mix.
Stir flour mixture into egg mixture.
Spread evenly over the baked layer.
Bake at 350° for 30 minutes more.
Cool on a rack.
Cut into bars.
Roll in powdered sugar.
Press firmly into bottom of greased 8 or 9-inch square pan.
Bake in a 350° oven for 20 minutes, until lightly browned.
Beat eggs thoroughly with vanilla; gradually beat in brown sugar.
Sift remaining 1/3 cup flour with baking powder and salt; add fruit and nuts, and mix.
Stir flour mixture into egg mixture.
Spread evenly over the baked layer.
Bake at 350° for 30 minutes more.
Cool on a rack.
Cut into bars.
Roll in powdered sugar.
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